Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) | Memory of Nations

Antonie Hofmanova, 16 years old

Antonie Hofmanová

* 1923 †︎ 2009

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Stanislav Holáň

Stanislav Holáň

* 1923 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Hidden people, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Halina Holbová

* 1923

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Holec, 1945

Colonel (ret.) Josef Holec

* 1918 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Holub in the army

Václav Holub

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Holy Pavel dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Pavel Holý

* 1927 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ladislav Homola in his youth

PhDr. Ladislav Homola

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Homolová

Mgr. Marie Homolová

* 1946

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Young lady Anna Honová

Anna Honová

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Josef Hořák, photograph from his personal prison file, probably in 1953.

Josef Hořák

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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